In N.Y. Mayoral Race, Small Checks From Hedge Fund Giants

NYT – Hedge fund titans are making a $170,336 bet that Christine C. Quinn is the best candidate to run New York.

Ms. Quinn, a Democrat and the City Council speaker, has received that amount in donations from the hedge fund industry. Paltry though the sum seems, it is more than twice the amount received by the next closest recipient in the mayoral race,Joseph J. Lhota, a Republican, according to records compiled by the public affairs lobbying organization Common Cause.